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We're very excited to announce an opportunity at TechHub: we're looking for an events superstar!

Would you like to be part of a tech startup phenomenon? TechHub launched sixteen months ago and in that short time has had a huge amount of media coverage and interest from the tech startup community. We're committed to making a difference to tech startups in London and beyond, and have some very exciting announcements on the horizon about enhanced space in London and new international locations.

With so many great events already going on at TechHub London, exciting new plans and more and more companies and organisations wanting to run events with us, we now need someone dedicated to making sure every single one is a smash.

This is a great opportunity for someone with solid events experience, who wants to take it to the next level and grow with TechHub. If you're successful, speedy advancement is definitely an option - you could end up overseeing all UK events for TechHub, or getting involved in international TechHubs and ending up as global events director or setting up and managing a TechHub in another city. There are huge possibilities!

The role:

• Coordinating and managing all events at TechHub London. 
• Logistics: you'll respond to enquiries, manage quoting, book dates, plan and order catering and staff, and any additional equipment or furniture requirements.
• Promotion: you'll create event registration pages, manage online event promotion (including writing the event copy and posting it to various websites), and create relationships with organisations to promote relevant events to their network. 
• Event management: you'll ensure smooth running of the event on the day, manage our volunteer event assistants and recruit more, welcome guests, manage clear-up and lock up after the event.
• Sponsorship: you'll manage relationships with sponsors, ensuring their needs are met. Ideally you'll have some experience with creating sponsorship packages and selling to sponsors - though in this role it's rarely cold-calling as you'll have interested contacts passed through to you for follow-up.

This is a full time role - likely hours will be 40 hours a week, spread out over 4-5 days and evenings per week and you *must* be able to work evenings at least a few evenings a week (usually Tuesday-Thursday). We anticipate it will begin as a freelance role and then move to a permanent role if all is going well. 

This role will involve evening work - as our evening events usually run 6.30-9.30pm, on event days you may need to work until 10pm to oversee the event, so flexible availability is a must. Please do not apply for the role if you are available only during the day.

You may have had previous roles as an event manager, event assistant or event coordinator, or you might have organised or managed events as part of another role, such as marketing, office management or PA work. We're flexible on your background but need someone who can hit the ground running and quickly become part of our fun, friendly and hard-working team.

You are:

• Super organised - you just can't rest until every last detail is planned and prepared, and you know how to anticipate everything and have plans in place to deal with the unexpected.
• Agile in dealing with change - we sometimes need to take advantage of last-minute opportunities, such as an international speaker being available at very short notice. In a small company, flexibility is key - we need someone who won't freak out if they need to arrange a same-week event.
• Confident and well-spoken - you'll become the face of TechHub events, welcoming attendees and guests at the beginning of each event, and will need to be able to speak to people at the event if they have questions or want to know more about TechHub.
• Reliable - we need to know that you'll be there when you say you will, and get done what you say you'll get done. We're a small team and this is absolutely essential.
• An excellent writer of English - there will be a lot of emails and copy to be written as part of the role to answer queries, make arrangements and promote events, so great language skills are very important.
• Keen to be part of a small and growing team - this isn't a corporate role, so the need to muck in and get your hands dirty is balanced with great opportunities for responsibility and advancement. 
• Strategically-minded - you need to be able to understand how events fit into the wider scope of TechHub, how to make sure they're doing what we need them to do, and how to ensure they're making money without compromising our objectives.
• Interested in the technology and web industry - you get excited about the possibilities for people to create amazing new tools, products and companies and want to help bring these people together to learn, network and take advantage of opportunities.

So, if this sounds like you, and you have an engaging, enthusiastic personality, get in touch with Elizabeth Varley at elizabeth AT techhub.com with:

• Your CV
• TechHub Events Superstar in the subject line
• A brief overview of your relevant experience and skills
• Details of your availability - when you could start, hours you could commit to
• The hourly or daily rate you'd expect as a freelancer, and the annual salary level you'd seek  in a permanent role - do bear in mind that as a small company, we won't be offering corporate-level salaries
• A line or two about why we should specifically choose you

Be professional but with personality - don't write like a corporate drone, let your real self shine through your email.

Please get in touch asap.

 

Many TechHubbers and regulars are familiar with Demo Night at TechHub. After all, we've had quite a few since our opening and have witnessed some amazing companies and individuals that are transforming the London tech scene, and beyond, with their products. 

With Internet Week Europe taking place the same week, we've decided to give our usual Demo Night a European twist. This means we'll be featuring some amazing companies proudly based in Europe (two from Latvia and one from Germany, plus a US company). The usual things that make Demo Night great such as networking, food, and drinks will all be available.

Here are some of the brilliant companies participating:





Recently winning Series B funding in the amount of $10 million dollars madvertise are finding themselves in the greatest transition for a startup, moving towards a full fledged business! The ladies at madvertise are beloved members of TechHub and an exciting and spirited bunch who add an optimistic flair to everything they do. Women entrepreneurs, this one is for you! A company that knows how to reap the rewards of the mobile web movement is surely set to take over the continent and perhaps even more! 




Think global networking and social media are synonymous with being online? Meet the folks at LinkOut, a London startup that wants to make the world of online networking work offline. With many leading techies claiming that LinkOut is a tool that will  help the UK digital economy flourish and has the potential to become the ultimate networking tool it's easy to see why such a group would be included in our Demo Night. 




Apps aren't cool unless they can communicate. That's why the people at Twilio specialise in providing infrastructure APIs for businesses to build scalable, reliable voice and text messaging apps. Nothing like upgrading the communicative power of your business. 





In an industry that has changed little for generations cafes, bars and restaurants might be hit with a surprise soon. Will it be game changing? Find out with Amooz! Going to their website won't reveal much, as they're working in stealth mode, so don't miss the unveiling at demo night!



The new way to rent a car. So what's new about it?  Rentmama gives you more tools to compare competitors and customise your experience just the way you want it. Surely building and running a startup requires some travel, so why not come and check out an easy way to get some sweet wheels while saving on some great deals.


A healthy dose of information in the 21st century no longer needs to come from a hospital, clinic or even from a doctor visit. The folks at healthloop are creating the best dose for our new social world. With patient engagement and recovery lacking in many countries healthloop is creating a new way for patients to stay better informed and connected with their doctors. 




With Partcl.com, developers can concentrate on implementation of their ideas rather than on searching for data sources, building infrastructure and writing an advanced code. Also Partcl.com provides infrastructure with guaranteed infinite scalability and flawless performance. They realtime the web!



As you can see these companies are wide ranging and will provide something for everyone. Be there at the beginning of their great journeys all in one place...

 

TechHub is proud to be partnering with Internet Week Europe 2011 which runs from Monday 7^th to Friday 11^th November.

IWE is open to everyone and TechHub will be welcoming IWE attendees to its events during the week so you can get a taste of what’s on offer. There are exclusive special offers to be had for IWE attendees by signing up to the IWE newsletter. And see below for a TechHub Members' only IWE competition.

TechHub has the following events taking place as part of Internet Week so whether you’re a regular or a first timer it’ll be great to see you!

 

This is a regular casual chat with others from the industry , open exclusively to entrepreneurs and developers with a special interest in mobile and moderated by friendly and engaging experts from the world of mobile. More info and booking here

 

Come and meet other tech entrepreneurs, have a drink and show everyone what you're working on. If you'd like to demo your product (not business), enter the details in the registration form upon booking and we'll confirm with you if you have a demo slot (slots are limited & lots of great companies apply so unfortunately we can't guarantee a slot). More info and booking here

 

Use Facebook Apps? Been avoiding them because you thought it was too complicated? Want to know how to make them work harder for you and get more than just a ‘like’ from your customers? With a live demo Glen Gillen from Heroku will walk you through Facebook ‘Open Graph’ and how to apply it to raise conversion rates and build engagement with your brand. Book here

Internet Week Europe - TechHub Members’ Only Competition:
Those kind folks at IWE are providing us with 2 free passes to daytime events at IWE HQ (at the Hospital Club in Covent Garden) for our members. Keep an eye on the TechHub Yammer noticeboard for your chance to win one!

TechHub Membership
TechHub is the community and workspace for tech entrepreneurs with great opportunities to connect via our wide range of events and programmes for startups, plus PR opps, training and a lively social scene. We're right on 'Silicon Roundabout' (Old Street), and work to help startups to get better, faster. Find out more about membership now.

 

Need sound advice from top-notch professionals but can’t afford an arm and a leg? Looking for tried and trusted services but don’t know where to start? Then welcome to TechHub's Startup Resource Centre!

Launching this week, the TechHub Startup Resource Centre is a brand new initiative aimed at providing tech startups and entrepreneurs with greater access to key services and professionals who will help to support your business and product from those vital early stages and onwards…

Kicking off on Thursday 27^th October with a set of legal and accountancy / business advice sessions this new arrangement will build upon TechHub’s highly successful ‘Office Hours’ 1-2-1 set-up to bring you into contact with organizations who’ll help you think, plan and ensure your business meets its potential (as well as avoiding those nasty pitfalls!)

There’ll be sessions taking place each week from legal, accountancy and PR/marketing firms as well as VCs, Angels and other finance and tech professionals who are keen to support startups and entrepreneurs and encourage development of the tech community.

To keep up to date and book places Non-Members will need to sign up to TechHub’s newsletter. 

(Please note places are exclusively for tech startups and entrepreneurs.)

To book for events coming up this week and next see below…

TechHub Startup Resource Centre – Taylor Wessing Thu 27th Oct am 

TechHub Startup Resource Centre – Kingston Smith Accountants Thu 27th Oct pm

TechHub Startup Resource Centre – Ubiquity Comms PR Tue 1st Nov am

TechHub Startup Resource Centre – DFJ Esprit (VCs) Tue 1st Nov pm

Look out for further sessions from the above and our other partners –including, iHorizon and ABG accountants – in the coming weeks…

After the success of TechHub Finance Week in September and our Marketing Day on 5th October we're bringing you a week of legal events designed to help protect your startup (and your customers) and strengthen its commercial potential.

We kick off on Wednesday 26^th Oct, 2pm, with a workshop presented and sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney Solicitors: Privacy & Liability Online, protecting you and your customers. Focusing on new privacy and data protection laws and the implications of user generated content for your startup the session will help identify where you need to comply with the law, how to avoid litigation and where there may also be opportunities for creative minds. More info and booking here

 
Cloud Busting! Keeping it legal in remote environments – Monday 31^st Oct, 2pm. With big guns like Apple setting out their stall it seems that cloud computing is here to stay. If your business or product operates in or makes use of a cloud environment there are a host (no pun intended!) of considerations. Taking a business development perspective John Haggis from Sheridans Solicitors will introduce those considerations and let you know how to avoid potential pitfalls. Info and booking here

On Tuesday 1^st Nov (6.30pm) TechHub sponsors Orrick Solicitors will be hosting Pulling Power – Stock Incentives for Startups & Tech Companies @TechHub. Focusing discussion on current trends in the use of stock incentives by growing companies this event will emphasise practical rather than technical aspects, and brings together a number of experts in the field. Please contact carolinemartin@orrick.com for information and booking. 

 

Rounding off Legal Week on Wednesday 2^nd Nov, 2pm, we have Protecting Ideas & Innovation an Intellectual Property (IP) workshop hosted and sponsored by with Pillsbury Solicitors. Ideas are the bedrock of business. Whatever you are producing if it involves an element of Intellectual Property (IP) you need to protect it first so you can commercialise it later. Split into two sections (on IP and Non-Disclosure Agreements), this workshop aims to help you identify when your product needs to be protected and how. Book here

 

 

 

The online gaming world is explosive. In just the last decade the number of gamers around the world has grown exponentially to include almost all ages and a penetration above 50%. In most households in the developed world the average gamer is now in her mid-thirties!

By most standards, games were never considered to be much more than entertainment tools, a way for kids to spend a few hours mesmerized in front of screens. Just like everything else in technology this has changed in more ways than any game developers could have imagined.

PlayMob is just the type of company that is turning gaming on its head. Every year billions of dollars are spent on virtual goods, basically nothing more than colourful pixels and bytes. Most people would be surprised that someone could spend real money for non-existent things, but that’s not the point.  The main question is how can this money be put to good use.

PlayMob answers this question by helping charities fundraise through games that link virtual goods to good causes. PlayMob Founder, Jude Ower, was interested in not only providing technology that improves games but helping games do good. The technology that is helping make all this possible is GiverBoard, which helps charities raise money and exposure for free. Further influence from GiverBoard is helping capture a whole new audience and improving engagement with existing players. 

The small startup has been able to secure £140k in funding which is going towards further development. A second round of funding has been opened and will help scale the business in the next year. PlayMob's long-term strategy is to become the company that enables giving across all game platforms but it also wants to work with non-game partners to transform simple transactions into tools for giving. The goal is not to change the behaviour of people but to augment existing services to have a positive social impact.

We’re very proud to have PlayMob’s team working at TechHub. Way to go ladies and bon voyage in your journey to transform giving!

Hi everyone!

My name is Victoria and I will be around & about at TechHub, assisting Liam with putting on the wonderful events that take place here! You'll be able to catch me on a Wednesday & Thursday each week and I also help out at evening events, too.

I'm currently studying for my final year of my Music Business degree at The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, having spent my first year of study up north in Manchester. My degree is very entrepreneurial-focused, which as you can imagine in these changing times for the music industry aligns itself very well with the tech community, too. My studies have allowed for me to gain a lot of valuable experience within the events field whilst also keeping me aware of new technology. I believe that working at TechHub will complement my studies and aspirations greatly - there is so much to learn from being immersed in an environment as great as this.

Before entering full time education as a 'mature student', I spent a number of years working as a PA and becoming involved with event organisation and administration. I originally hail from Leicestershire in the East Midlands, which I believe classes me as a 'Northerner' down in these parts!

In my spare time I like to read up on my favourite blogs, attend gigs, listen to lots of music and indulge in my favourite activity of making lots and lots of cupcakes!  Please do not hestitate to come and say hello or give me a shout if you require any details for any of the future events taking place at TechHub!

Are you an early stage startup looking to be recognised as the best in Europe? Do you want to join your peers and VCs at an awesome event in London? If so, this is your chance!

The Europas are the European Awards for early stage Internet and mobile technology startups. Last held in December 2010, they saw a month-long voting campaign collecting a total of 33,126 votes and gathering 350 people from among Europe's best startups, VCs and entreprenuers. This year the event will take place on 17 November and promises to be even bigger!  

It will be hosted by Mike Butcher, editor of TechCrunch Europe (and TechHub co-founder), at the Carbon Bar in London's West End. So don't miss out and make sure to sign up for a chance to be among the startup leaders of Europe. 

Also grab a ticket here.

The qualification requirements this year include:

• A product that has been launched within the last 2 years (your business can be older)
• If you've received external funding in the past it can only be Seed or Series A funding, anything beyond will not be accepted
• Entrants are accepted from the "EMEA" region (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
• Entries must be in by Friday, 7 October

If you qualify, now is the time to take action! Only a few days left to submit your startups. Don't miss the chance to walk among the best in the tech startup and venture capital scene and make your dreams a reality.

Best of luck and we want to see loads of TechHub companies there!

Hot on the heels of last week's immensely successful "Finance Week" @TechHub, next week sees a day of marketing related events to help you understand and reach your customers and investors...

The day kicks off with a special (and now fully booked!) 'mini PR work shops' with Ubiquity Comms aimed at helping you understand how to generate media coverage, online buzz and awareness of your product or company on a shoestring.

Next up, TechHub presents Theory of Launch - A marketing workshop for tech startups and entrepreneurs with digital agency Gather & Throw.  In this exciting workshop Charlotte Hogg, MD of advertising agency, Gather and Throw, will introduce you to, and help you understand and apply the company’s ‘Theory of Launch’; a set of steps designed to successfully launch and accelerate technology based startups. 

In the evening, we are delighted to welcome back Obi Felten, Director of Consumer Marketing for EMEA, Google to share her considerable experience and insight. Focusing on themes and ideas to help Start-ups and Entrepreneurs get maximum marketing value from limited resources Obi will be doing a 10-15 minute talk before opening the floor to 45-50 mins of questions (which you can submit in advance here.)

And finally, with an abundance of start-ups vying for attention and limited sources of funding available how do you make yourself stand out from the crowd and capture the imagination of those whose opinion (and cash!) really matters? On Thursday 6th Oct the workshop Pitch Perfect will provide you with skills designed to help you promote your product, idea or service to investors and consumers.

Tickets are going fast so click on the links above to book yourself a place!